Growing Physician Leaders: Empowering Doctors to Improve Our Healthcare

by Mark Hertling

Overview

Can a general teach America’s doctors to be better leaders?



Hospitals, clinics, and healthcare organizations across the nation are wondering, “Can we transform healthcare by improving physician leadership? And if so, how?” Healthcare today faces both daunting challenges and exciting new possibilities. Physicians hold the key to improving healthcare, but while they enjoy exceptional training in the science of medicine, the vast majority of doctors have received little training in even the basics of leadership.



In Growing Physician Leaders, retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling applies his four decades of military leadership to the world of healthcare, resulting in a profoundly constructive and practical book with the power to reshape and reenergize any healthcare organization in America today. Designed to help physicians master the art of leading people, it takes them, step-by-step, through a proven process that can help anyone become a more effective leader.



Growing Physician Leaders gives doctors a potent tool to improve their personal health, their professional health, their organizational health, and ultimately, our nation’s health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999698334
Publisher:	Florida Hospital Publishing
Publication date:	02/22/2018
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

General Mark Hertling retired in 2013 after serving almost four decades in the US Army. At the time of his retirement, he commanded US Army Europe and Seventh Army, where he led over forty thousand soldiers, cared for over one hundred thousand family members, and partnered with the armies of fifty countries in the European theater. In 2013, Hertling became a senior vice president at Florida Hospital. In retirement, he was appointed by President Obama to be one of twenty-five members of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Hertling serves as a military analyst for CNN, and he speaks and acts passionately on the subjects of leadership, national security, and health trends. Hertling holds a bachelor of science degree from the US Military Academy in 1975, and is a graduate of the Army's Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the National War College. He holds masters of arts degrees in military art and history and international security studies, and a master of science in exercise physiology from Indiana University. He holds numerous military awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Stars, and the Purple Heart. He has also received awards from the governments of Germany, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword vi

Preface 1

Introduction 5

Chapter 1 Why Physicians Need to Lead 13

War Story The Wall Street Journal Test 29

Chapter 2 On Being Called a Professional 34

War Story Private Green and Knowing Yourself 44

Chapter 3 Values and Great Leaders 51

War Story Lessons for a Young Lieutenant 73

Chapter 4 Dyadic Leadership: Leading One before Many 78

War Story Leaders Don’t Have the Right to Have a Bad Day 96

Chapter 5 The Art of Leading Up 101

War Story When You Start to Feel Overwhelmed 112

Chapter 6 Building Trust in Different Kinds of Teams 117

War Story Overcoming “Insurmountable” Challenges 147

Chapter 7 Those Idiots at Higher Headquarters 150

War Story Take Us Down the Right Path 165

Chapter 8 Becoming Physicians Who Transform Healthcare 171

War Story From “Before” to “After” 188

Epilogue 194

Acknowledgments 197

Notes 200

About the Author 204

About the Publisher 206

Resources 208

What People are Saying About This

Joe Doty

Growing Physician Leaders is just what current and future leaders in healthcare need to help them lead in clinics, operating rooms, staff meetings, or any other part of the healthcare system.

Editorial Reviews

Growing Physician Leaders is just what current and future leaders in healthcare need to help them lead in clinics, operating rooms, staff meetings, or any other part of the healthcare system. (Joe Doty, Dean Taylor MD, PhD)

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